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Selected Winery Museums: Luxury Dreams of Classic Cars, Fine Wines & Premium Goods
Classic cars, fine wines, and luxurious goods weave dreams of opulence beyond mansions, making people eager to possess it all at once. Yet the high costs are beyond most people’s reach. In reality, to realize these luxury dreams...
Welcome Spring with Flower Viewing and Fruit Picking – Taipei Leisure Farms Stay Open During Lunar New Year
This year’s nine-day Spring Festival holiday, except for New Year’s Eve, sees nine leisure farms in Taipei City open to welcome visitors, including Apricot Blossom Forest Leisure Farm, Qingxiang Leisure Farm, Countryside Leisure Farm, Baishi Senhuo Leisure Farm, and Zhanghu Nature & Laquan Wellness Leisure Farm. Visiting leisure farms during the Lunar New Year...
Settling Down and Calling It Home: The Lives of Military Dependents’ Villages Reimagined by the National Museum of Taiwan History
In 1949, a large number of military personnel and civilians from all over China migrated to Taiwan, a strange and unfamiliar island, through various means. None of them could have imagined that this place, which they thought would be a temporary shelter, would become the home they would hold on to for the rest of their lives...
Kaohsiung City Tour Spring Festival Package – Enjoy a Full Day of Fun for Just NT$399
With a one-month-long winter vacation and a nine-day Spring Festival holiday, many people are carefully planning to make their break fulfilling and memorable. From now until the Lunar New Year holiday period, the Kaohsiung City Government Tourism Bureau is launching the NT$399 Kaohsiung City Tour...
Winter Vacation Children's Fantasy Film Festival to Screen at Sanxia Museum on Weekends
During the winter vacation, cultural and artistic events are taking place across the country. The Sanxia Museum in New Taipei City will also launch the "2013 Sanxia Winter Vacation Children's Fantasy Film Festival," which will be held on January 26 & 27, and February 2 & 3...
Special Exhibition on Inherited Craftsmanship in Yilan Revisits the Stories of Taiwan’s Traditional Artisan Families
To portray the profound aspect of intergenerational craftsmanship within traditional arts, the National Center for Traditional Arts has specially themed this year’s program around significant artisan families in Taiwan’s traditional crafts, aiming to present the life histories, ...
Celebrating Lunar New Year with Festive Shopping: Year-End Markets and Traditional Bazaars Launch Promotions
To encourage public shopping and spending during the Lunar New Year, Taipei City Government launched the "Taipei Lunar New Year Shopping Month" from yesterday (the 23rd) to February 17th. With three major themes—“Fight Inflation,” “Great Deals,” and “Fresh Finds”—it has called on seven major department stores...
The image of the Hakka mother becomes cultural creativity; Hsinchu’s Wang Chilang’s art exhibition kicks off now
From now until February 28, the Hsinchu City Cultural Affairs Bureau is hosting the “Wang Chilang Creative Art Exhibition – ‘Hsinshan Mother Cultural Creativity & Chaoshan Tourism’” at the Hsinchu Railway Art Village. This exhibition showcases Wang Chilang’s artistic creations, the Hsinshan Mother...
Kaohsiung’s Warm Winter Tour Gets an Upgrade: Mud Volcano Badlands One-Day Trip at Just NT$399 per Person
The Kaohsiung City Government Tourism Bureau’s recently launched “Warm Winter in Kaohsiung – Experience the Five Great Routes” tourism campaign offers a one-day trip for just NT$399, featuring “food and fun,” along with professional guided tours that take participants on an in-depth exploration of the city. The response has been overwhelmingly positive...
The Yen’s Depreciation: Top 5 Popular Travel Destinations for Chinese New Year with Three Japanese Cities Making the List
This year’s Chinese New Year holiday lasts nine days, and many people have already planned both domestic and international trips, kicking off the first major travel season of the year. Global online hotel service provider Hotels.com, based on the search habits of Taiwanese travelers...
Ring in the New Year with shopping fervor: New Taipei’s Lunar New Year Goods Market offers up to 50% off on local gifts
To serve citizens doing their pre-New Year shopping and capitalize on the huge Lunar New Year goods market, the 2013 New Taipei Colorful Lunar New Year Goods Market will open for eight consecutive days starting February 1 at the Civic Plaza of the New Taipei City Government. This year’s market gathers...
The Central Taiwan Lantern Festival opens on Feb. 18, featuring a snake-themed main lantern for the first time
The 2013 Central Taiwan Lantern Festival will take place from Feb. 18 to March 3 at the Wenxin Forest Park. This year, for the first time, a snake-shaped main lantern—“Spiritual Serpent Guarding the Pearl”—will be unveiled. The entirely mechanical, interactive main lantern will be accompanied by live...
Kaohsiung Lantern Festival Art Festival – The Only Harbor-Fireworks Spectacle in Taiwan Illuminates the Night Sky
Entering its 13th year, the 2013 Kaohsiung Lantern Festival Art Festival, themed “Love & Happiness,” will take place from February 16 to February 24 along both banks of the Love River, from Glory Pier to the Railway Bridge and Qixian Bridge. This year’s festival will focus on...
In response to the Spring Festival travel surge, 13 shuttle bus lines will be launched on February 10
During the Spring Festival holiday, popular tourist spots across Taiwan are expected to be crowded. In addition to releasing an estimate of this year’s top ten congested scenic areas, the Tourism Bureau of the Ministry of Transportation and Communications has coordinated with road authorities, police, and relevant government agencies to enhance traffic management, increase parking spaces, and...
Kaohsiung boosts nighttime tourism; enjoy discounts with the "Night Owl Passport"
Ahead of the Lunar New Year, Kaohsiung City’s Tourism Bureau launched an initiative to further promote nighttime tourism in the city by distributing 30,000 copies of the "Night Owl Passport." The passport outlines five major tourist routes covering the east, west, south, north, and night scenes of Kaohsiung, and integrates over 60...
New Year Bamboo Landmark in New Taipei Welcomes Spring Festival – New Year Light Show Begins Today
Remember the ever-changing Christmas tree from the 2012 New Taipei City Happy Christmas Town event that everyone couldn’t stop taking photos of? As Lunar New Year approaches, the resident Santa Claus in New Taipei City’s Happy Christmas Town has donned new...
Snap up Spring Festival travelers with 13% off off-peak flights on Uni Air
This year’s Lunar New Year holiday spans nine long days, leaving many people scratching their heads over how to plan a value-packed trip. Uni Air is offering online-limited discounts of up to 13% off on off-peak flights from February 6 to February 19...
High-speed rail maintains non-reserved seating during Spring Festival; periodical tickets automatically extended
To provide more ample and convenient travel services during the 2013 Spring Festival holiday, Taiwan High Speed Rail will add 333 extra train services and continue offering non-reserved seating during the peak travel period. In addition, considering that the Spring Festival holiday lasts for nine days, passengers holding...
Taipei Lantern Festival Mini Lanterns Unveiled – Free Distribution Across Taipei & at Flower Expo on Feb. 23
The annual Taipei Lantern Festival, which attracts millions of visitors, will light up a 4-kilometer stretch of happiness along Zhongshan North Road Sections 1 to 3 and from Yuanshan MRT Station to Minquan MRT Station on February 6. For the first time, the festival will also feature various themed lantern zones set up at the Flower Expo’s Yuanshan and Fine Arts Park...
The Aogu Wetlands Establish Local Guides and Open Public Tour Reservations
To develop the Aogu Wetlands Forest Park into an ecotourism destination with environmental education significance, the Chiayi Forest District Office of the Forestry Bureau commissioned a professional team to implement the “Aogu Wetlands Forest Park Ecotourism Promotion and Counseling Project.” After...